PMID- 23923779 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20130829 LR - 20190911 IS - 1001-0742 (Print) IS - 1001-0742 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 4 DP - 2013 Apr 1 TI - Analysis of aerobic granular sludge formation based on grey system theory. PG - 710-6 AB - Based on grey entropy analysis, the relational grade of operational parameters with aerobic granular sludge's granulation indicators was studied. The former consisted of settling time (ST), aeration time (AT), superficial gas velocity (SGV), height/diameter (H/D) ratio and organic loading rates (OLR), the latter included sludge volume index (SVI) and set-up time. The calculated result showed that for SVI and set-up time, the influence orders and the corresponding grey entropy relational grades (GERG) were: SGV (0.9935) > AT (0.9921) > OLR (0.9894) > ST (0.9876) > H/D (0.9857) and SGV (0.9928) > H/D (0.9914) > AT (0.9909) > OLR (0.9897) > ST (0.9878). The chosen parameters were all key impact factors as each GERG was larger than 0.98. SGV played an important role in improving SVI transformation and facilitating the set-up process. The influence of ST on SVI and set-up time was relatively low due to its dual functions. SVI transformation and rapid set-up demanded different optimal H/D ratio scopes (10-20 and 16-20). Meanwhile, different functions could be obtained through adjusting certain factors' scope. FAU - Zhang, Cuiya AU - Zhang C AD - Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering, School of Environmental Science and Technology, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China. shuiye5202006@126.com FAU - Zhang, Hanmin AU - Zhang H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Netherlands TA - J Environ Sci (China) JT - Journal of environmental sciences (China) JID - 100967627 RN - 0 (Gases) RN - 0 (Organic Chemicals) RN - 0 (Sewage) SB - IM MH - Aerobiosis MH - Entropy MH - Gases/analysis MH - Organic Chemicals/analysis MH - Sewage/*chemistry MH - *Systems Theory MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2013/08/09 06:00 MHDA- 2013/08/30 06:00 CRDT- 2013/08/09 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/08/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1016/s1001-0742(12)60080-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Environ Sci (China). 2013 Apr 1;25(4):710-6. doi: 10.1016/s1001-0742(12)60080-1.